Archive for December, 2006
In the Aspen mystery DROP DEAD BEAUTIFUL by Michael Conniff, ex-prosecutor Arnold Bagdikian laments, albeit briefly, the world of corporate riches that he left behind in New York when he hightailed it out of town for Aspen. The reminder: a disturbing visit to the big-shot NYC offices of Bruckman, the lawyer for the O’Kells who once tried to buy him off without him even knowing it.
Bagdikian wants to know which of the O’Kells is behind the death of Sam Albright, the “beautiful” girlfriend of the title who dropped dead one night when somebody slit her throat to get at The Bag Man. He finds out the answer is Diana Campobello, just another billionaire ex-nun just like her sister, Eleanor O’Kell, the radical eugenicist who produced the test-tube babies who now want their share of the family fortune. The O’Kells put the fun in dysfunctional.
Continue Reading December 26th, 2006
Sixty-one years ago, U.S. and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, several hundred letters were unearthed from that stark island's soil, giving voices to the men who fought there and the extraordinary general who led them. Letters from Iwo Jima recounts the story as experienced by the Japanese soldiers who were sent to defend the island knowing they would likely not return home.
Continue Reading December 26th, 2006
Los Angeles, 1968. The legendary Ambassador Hotel. Senator Robert F. Kennedy has just arrived for a victory rally after winning a crucial presidential primary. By evening's end he will become the victim of an assassin's bullet.
Continue Reading December 26th, 2006
France's official Oscar submission for Best Foreign Film and not due for U.S. release until later this winter, Avenue Montaigne is a comedy that tackles the big themes of Life and Art in that most stylish of cities, Paris.
Continue Reading December 25th, 2006
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope that all of those here have a joyous Christmas and a very Happy New Year.
I also would like to take this time and thank Michael Conniff for providing us this place to talk about our community, country, and the world. Best of luck with your media ventures and keep up the good work. Merry Christmas Conman.
December 24th, 2006
Majik Kahhak: MK: You get tired of technicalities, all that is proportions, sizes, and placements—any mistake has to do with one of those. You keep correcting, and I just don’t believe in correcting. We are used to fixing in this culture. Fix, fix, fix we think it’s a high act but it’s not—it’s a functional act. Every now and then you might need to fix something. Conventional art is about fixing. It’s linear, and life is three-dimensional and not linear. Art is really about a state of consciousness. A higher place than ordinary functioning so we have to approach it from that place. At least, it’s not an ordinary level of functioning. Something happens.
Continue Reading December 24th, 2006
It’s the holidays and Aspen, if you haven’t noticed, is about to bust at the seams. I too, you will soon notice, am about to bust at the seams.
In all honesty, there is little I enjoy about the holidays since moving to Aspen. Okay, I do enjoy the lights and the snow and sight of the giant Christmas tree outside the Sardy House that I can see from my bedroom window, but the holidays mean something else entirely to those who live and work in Aspen, or any town that derives the bulk of its revenue from tourism.
Continue Reading December 23rd, 2006
Up to 3,000 skiers bound for Aspen had to change their flights or switch to cars, but only a handful canceled, said Bill Tomcich, president of Stay Aspen Snowmass, a central reservations center. National coverage of the blizzard may lure other skiers to Colorado, he said. "The value is immeasurable in terms of the awareness of how great the skiing is in Colorado," Tomcich said.
This seems like wishful thinking to me. Good coverage would lure skiers, the kind that DIA got will make people think twice about flying into Colorado knowing that if a storm comes in they could be spending several nights at the airport and not skiing. I bet they are thinking, hey, the snow out west is great…never heard of Salt Lake or Calgary having problems at their airports, lets go skiing there!
Continue Reading December 22nd, 2006
A gripping war film with a powerful message, Days of Glory recounts the largely forgotten story of the Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian recruits who bravely fought for France during WWII. Valiant soldiers, they were treated as second-class citizens by their "Mother" country, denied the leave, food rations and feminine companionship their French counterparts enjoyed.
Continue Reading December 22nd, 2006
Eisenheim (Edward Norton) is a masterful magician in turn-of-the-century Vienna, mesmerizing audiences with seemingly extraordinary powers. But is magic enough to win back his first love (Jessica Biel) when she unexpectedly reappears?
Continue Reading December 22nd, 2006
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